Although CBS remained the Tuesday leader in overnights in an official TV season, it declined 20 percent from last season’s premiere night (7.0 rating/12 share vs. 8.8 rating/15 share on Sep. 20, 2016).

The second season premiere of NBC’s “This Is Us” was television’s highest-rated telecast on Tuesday in households. With a 8.8 rating/15 share, it scored the series’ second best overnight rating to-date, just behind the first season finale on Mar. 14 (9.0 rating/14 share). The episode jumped 38 percent from the series premiere telecast one year ago (6.4 rating/11 share on Sep. 20, 2016).

The following are the early overnight household ratings from the top 56 metered markets in half-hour breakdowns for Tuesday, September 26, 2017: